That is a 10/100 Network Switch... 16 ports. Allows up to 16 computers to have a nice long chat with each other.
A switch is different from a Hub... Hubs allow all the computers to talk at the same time to everyone...
Switches allow 2 computers to have a side conversation while the rest talk with each other... But at any time, one can sneak a word in edge-wise into someone else's conversation....
MUCH faster communication.
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84fiero123 Member
Posts: 29950 From: farmington, maine usa Registered: Oct 2004
That is a 10/100 Network Switch... 16 ports. Allows up to 16 computers to have a nice long chat with each other.
A switch is different from a Hub... Hubs allow all the computers to talk at the same time to everyone...
Switches allow 2 computers to have a side conversation while the rest talk with each other... But at any time, one can sneak a word in edge-wise into someone else's conversation....
MUCH faster communication.
Thanks, sorry for sounding so stupid, but hell I have all I can do to post a picture here.
Again thanks for the info.
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